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Chris, the gains in that strong economy were spread more evenly among all workers than at present. Productivity has become uncoupled from increases in wages. That's a serious issue that a stronger economy will not fix.

5:21 pm June 18, 2013

Chris Petruzzi wrote:

"A growing middle class helped to create the strongest economy in the world in the United States. " Krueger has the causality reversed. The real relationship is that the strongest economy in the world created a growing middle class. If we want to help the middle class, then we need to make the economy stonger (not vice versa).

4:07 pm June 18, 2013

fred wrote:

Just stupidity.

2:51 pm June 18, 2013

Loyd Eskildson wrote:

Up to the private sector to fix? Their the ones that made this mess! But yes, if the trillions that the Walton heirs had were spread around the 30% of lower-income Americans, spending would certainly jump.

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